American people have always banded together and risen to the occasion and this pandemic is no different. This has been especially true in iowa, where i have seen and heard so many heartwarming stories of iowans stepping up to help other iowans. Take an in megan for example. Two teachers in the Knoxville School district. These two iowans noticed that some of the residence at the west Ridge Specialty Care Center might need some additional entertainment due to social distancing. So, they started an Amazon Wish List and with the help of their community, were able to provide games and other fun items for the residents to use during the day. And then there are the hardworking folks at the Iowa Motor Truck Association who are providing meals to the eye Truck Drivers all up and down interstate 80. And of course there are these great men and women of the Iowa National guard who are working around the clock to deliver medical supplies and materials across the state. But it is not just individual
Right now many in cedar rapids are demanding answers after an officer involved shooting earlier this month. A crpd officer shot jeremie mitchell who remains hospitalized now two weeks since the shooting. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller has been following this case from the beginning. Beginning. Every night youll hear them on this family of Jerime Mitchell making sure he isnt forgotten. Forgotten. We basically want to make sure that this does not swept under the rug. Mitchells family says the one thing they want from the officials. Answers about what happened that night but release of a crucial video is still on hold. Hold. It just adds insult to injury, we just really want them to release it so that way we can get justice. Justice. The longer it takes to get the information out about what happened, the more difficult it is to get people transparency and an effort to work together. While they wait and protest for support. Support. Mitchells family says they will continue to keep it civi
Right now on cbs 2 this morning. Demanding answers, neighbors in cedar rapids are rallying to get dash cam footage from a shooting earlier this month why they might be waiting a long right now on cbs 2 this morning demanding answers. Neighbors in cedar rapids are rallying to get dash cam footage from a shooting earlier be on the way for people who target iowa police and firefighters. On the wait for people who target iowa police and fire fighters. Sexual assault prevention at the university of iowa is growing. Right now were taking a look at i380 at 3rd avenue, southwest. Traffic is starting to pick up but not too much traffic with a lot of company. Im jenee ryan. I hope your day is going well. Lets start off with checking in with meteorologist justin roberts. Hes got good news. It will be an easier drive that was yesterday. Not too much dense fog today. Temperatures are on the way up like theyve been last few days. We have been as cool as 34 this hour. Things will get turned around fr
Its Global Leadership in the arena. Thats terrific for country. Our country. Its essential where u. S. Global leadership has yielded tremendous benefit economically from a technological perspective. Watch the communicators monday night on cspan2. On thursday fbi director james comey testified for the before the House Oversight committee on his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for maintaining a primary private email server. Its about four and a half hours. The committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. Thank director comey for being here and doing so on short notice. I have the greatest admiration for the fbi. My grandfather was a career fbi agent. I am here because we are mystified and confused by the fact pattern that you laid out in the conclusions that you have reached. It seems that there are two standards. There is no consequence for these types of activities in dealing in a careless way with classified information. It seems to a lot of us that the a
And the New York Times russia sends bombers to syria using base in iran. And how about this alarming headline . The wall street journal the u. S. Sent another 1. 3 billion to iran after hostages were released. Yet we continue to allow this. We are allowing this. Just last weekend, iran threatened to shoot down our Navy Aircraft in the region. These are our men and women, and iran is threatening to shoot them down. Whats next, folks . These actions will will only continue because this administration yields to their demands. From the start, i have spoken out against this deal with iran which not only threatens our safety but the safety of our ally, israel, and it threatens us here at home as well. As we remember the victims of 9 11 this past weekend, i am reminded of irans link to al qaeda, the ones who carried out that horrific attack on our homeland 15 years ago. In 2011, the Treasury Department officially accused iran this is hour Treasury Department accused iran, as the wall street j